Scleria

Accepted species 260 Documented here 23 Family Cyperaceae

Accepted species 260 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Scleria triglomerata Michx. 96 documented
Scleria ciliata Michx. 63 documented
Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett 63 documented
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud. 57 documented
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. 49 documented
Scleria levis Retz. 48 documented
Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. 43 documented
Scleria oligantha Michx. 39 documented
Scleria distans Poir. 37 documented
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. 37 documented
Scleria georgiana Core 33 documented
Scleria gaertneri Raddi 22 documented
Scleria lacustris C.Wright 20 documented
Scleria foliosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. 12 documented
Scleria mackaviensis Boeckeler 10 documented
Scleria transvaalensis E.F.Franklin 10 documented
Scleria rugosa R.Br. 9 documented
Scleria microcarpa Nees ex Kunth 4 documented
Scleria bellii LeBlond 3 documented
Scleria ciliaris Nees 3 documented
Scleria cyperina Kunth 3 documented
Scleria latifolia Sw. 3 documented
Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. 3 documented
Scleria reticularis Michx. 2 below the evidence gate
Scleria secans (L.) Urb. 2 below the evidence gate
Scleria sphacelata F.Muell. 2 below the evidence gate
Scleria testacea Nees ex Kunth 2 below the evidence gate
Scleria testacea Nees 2 below the evidence gate
Scleria harlandii Hance 1 below the evidence gate
Scleria poiformis Retz. 1 below the evidence gate
Scleria acanthocarpa Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria achtenii De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria adpressohirta (Kük.) E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria afroreflexa Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria alpina Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria amazonica Camelb., M.T.Strong & Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria anceps Liebm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria andringitrensis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria angusta Nees ex Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria angustifolia E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria ankaratrensis Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria annularis Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria anomala (Steud.) J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria arcuata E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria arguta (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria aromatica Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria assamica (C.B.Clarke) D.M.Verma 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria atroglumis D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria attenuatifolia M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria aurantiaca Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria aureovillosa Kiaos. & K.Wangwasit 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria balansae Maury ex Micheli 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bambariensis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria baroni-clarkei De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria baronii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria benthamii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bequaertii De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria biflora Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria boivinii Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria boniana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria borii D.M.Verma 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bourgeaui Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bracteata Cav. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bradei Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria brekiana Schlecht. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria brownii Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria bulbifera Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria burchellii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria calcicola E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria camaratensis Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria canescens Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria carphiformis Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria castanea Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria catophylla C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria chasmema Bonet Mayedo & W.W.Thomas 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria cheekii Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria chevalieri J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria chlorantha Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria chlorocalyx E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria clarkei Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria clathrata Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria colorata Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria comosa (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria composita (Nees) Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria corymbosa Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria cuyabensis Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria cyathophora Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria delicatula Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria densispicata (C.B.Clarke) J.Kern 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria depauperata Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria depressa (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria didina Bonet Mayedo & W.W.Thomas 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria dregeana Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria dulungensis P.C.Li 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria eggersiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria elongatissima Piérart 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria erythrorrhiza Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria filiculmis Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria flagellum-nigrorum P.J.Bergius 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria flexuosa Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria foveolata Cav. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria fulvipilosa E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria glabra Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria globonux C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria glomerulata Oliv. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria goossensii De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria gracillima Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria greigiifolia (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria guineensis J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria havanensis Britton 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hildebrandtii Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hilsenbergii Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hirta Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hirtella Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hispidior (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria hispidula Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria huberi C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria indica D.M.Verma & Veena Chandra 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria induta Turrill 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria interrupta Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria iostephana Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria jiangchengensis Y.Y.Qian 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria junghuhniana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria kerrii Turrill 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria khasiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria lagoensis Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria lateritica Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria laxa R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria laxiflora Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria leptostachya Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria liberica Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria lingulata C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria longispiculata Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria lucentinigricans E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria macbrideana Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria macrogyne C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria macrolomioides H.Pfeiff. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria macrophylla J.Presl & C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria madagascariensis Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria martii (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria maypurensis Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria melanomphala Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria melanotricha Hochst. & A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria mikawana Makino 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria millespicula T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria minor (Britton) W.Stone 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria mitis P.J.Bergius 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria mongomoensis Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria monticola Nelmes ex Napper 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria motleyi C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria mucronata Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria multilacunosa T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria mutoensis Nakai 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria myricocarpa Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria natalensis Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria naumanniana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria neesii Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria neocaledonica Rendle 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria neogranatensis C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria nusbaumeri Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria nyasensis C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria oblata S.T.Blake ex J.Kern 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria obtusa Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria occulta L.Schneider & A.Gil 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria oligochondra Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria orchardii C.D.Adams 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria ovinux J.Raynal ex Fosberg 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pachyrrhyncha Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria panicoides Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pantadenia Meganck & Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria papuana J.Kern 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria parallela C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria parvula Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria patula E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria paupercula E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pedicellata Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pergracilis (Nees) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pernambucana Luceño & M.Alves 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria perpusilla Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pilosa Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pilosissima Britton 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria plusiophylla Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria poeppigii (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria polycarpa Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria polyrrhiza E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pooides Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria porphyrocarpa E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria procumbens E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pseudohispidior Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria psilorrhiza C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pulchella Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria purdiei C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria purpurascens Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria pusilla Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria racemosa Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria radula Hance 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria ramosa C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria rehmannii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria remota Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria richardsiae E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria robinsoniana J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria robusta Camelb. & Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria rubrostriata A.C.Araújo & N.A.Brummitt 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria rutenbergiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria scabra Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria scabriuscula Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria scandens Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria schenckiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria schiedeana Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria schimperiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria schulzii Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria scrobiculata Nees & Meyen 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sellowiana Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria setulosociliata Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sheilae J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria skutchii M.T.Strong & J.R.Grant 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sobolifer E.F.Franklin 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sororia Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria spicata (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria spiciformis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria splitgerberiana Henrard ex Uittien 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sprucei C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria staheliana Uittien 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria stipitata Uittien 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria stipularis Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria stocksiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria suaveolens Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria sumatrensis Retz. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria swamyi Govind. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tenacissima (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tenella Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tepuiensis Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tessellata Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria thwaitesiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tonkinensis C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria trialata Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tricholepis Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tricristata Meganck & Bauters 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tricuspidata S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria triquetra M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tropicalis M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria tryonii Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria uleana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria unguiculata E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria vaginata Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria variegata (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria venezuelensis Core 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria verrucosa Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria veseyfitzgeraldii E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria violacea Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria virgata (Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria vogelii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria warmingiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria welwitschii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria williamsii Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria woodii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria wrightiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria xerophila E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate
Scleria zambesica E.A.Rob. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.